Despite the long weekend and dodgy weather a good field of 21 turned out for the Kings Birthday weekend haggle. We had a mainly fine days interrupted briefly by a couple of short showers.

Milford Bowler Craig Hughes had his first haggle at Mairangi Bay and it was a short retirement for Jim Center who made a welcome comeback after just a month away. Possibly kicked out of the house!

Experience carried the day with Jeanette Orgias and Helen Aley pipping runners up Peter Orgias and Maria Baillie by just one end.

The next two weeks haggles are on Sunday and worth double points in the Winter League. So June could see some big changes to the leaderboard.

1st – Jeanette Orgias & Helen Aley 3W 11E

2nd – Peter Orgias & Maria Baillie 3W 10E

3rd – Les Boulton & Steve Bartley 2W 12E

4th – Enid Di Cesare, Gary Warren & Jim Center 2W 10E

Barry McCrystal & Queenie de la Croix took out the luck dip.

After five rounds in the Winter League the first round of bonus points for playing 5 rounds in a row kicked in. Eight players added a valuable 5 points to their totals. The top of the table is close.

Steve Bartley 21 pts

Graham Ward 21 pts

Ian McGovern 20 pts

Queenie de la Croix 19 pts

Jeanette Orgias 18 pts

Annie McGrath 15 pts

Peter Orgias 14 pts